Hiding The Forum From Your Boss.

[Donna]

I notice a lot of forumites are on the forum AAALLLLL day (me included. Well almost) but what I'd like to know is, how do you manage to get so much work done at the same time and how do you manage to not get caught out when the bill comes in? Has anyone EVER had a telling off and know of anyone who has been banned from the internet as a result of using it too much.

[Dizzy]

I've been caught several times and had a telling off for it so have had to limit coming on the forum for the majority of the day as a result .

I do sneak it in every now and again though

[stewart38]

Originally Posted by Donna

I notice a lot of forumites are on the forum AAALLLLL day (me included. Well almost) but what I'd like to know is, how do you manage to get so much work done at the same time and how do you manage to not get caught out when the bill comes in? Has anyone EVER had a telling off and know of anyone who has been banned from the internet as a result of using it too much.

I sit in a corner , but we are moving soon

[KatieR]

Alt - Tab is a brilliant function. If you see someone coming it swaps pages very quickly..

[WittyBird]

Dont use the orange skin, use a light one maybe metallic blue. Oh and keep it minimised for the majority of the time

[Donna]

Originally Posted by stewart38

I sit in a corner , but we are moving soon

Yeah but has anyone ever asked why you don't get much work done or do you work somewhere where there is not much to do. (like moi. well for the moment anyway.)

I've been caught several times and had a telling off for it so have had to limit coming on the forum for the majority of the day as a result .

I do sneak it in every now and again though

Just shows how addictive it really is! You get a b*lloking for it and you still GO ON IT!

[TheTramp]

Ah. I do it from home, or from University.

As for my boss minding... well....

[stewart38]

Originally Posted by Donna

Yeah but has anyone ever asked why you don't get much work done or do you work somewhere where there is not much to do. (like moi. well for the moment anyway.)



Just shows how addictive it really is! You get a b*lloking for it and you still GO ON IT!

At my apprisal my manger said ,do you find use of personal e-mail (which i assume means this ie internet use) effects your work. I said NO

it is too addictive so im now of for a month bye

[Donna]

Originally Posted by stewart38

At my apprisal my manger said ,do you find use of personal e-mail (which i assume means this ie internet use) effects your work. I said NO

it is too addictive so im now of for a month bye

Huh more like off for a minute i bet!

[dee]

Must be a real nightmare for you workers

How could i ever get a job knowing i can't use the forum

[Little Em]

i was told off at my last job for being on it yes!!!!

i cant help it sometimes..... i NEED to look

[Asif]

Originally Posted by dee

Must be a real nightmare for you workers

How could i ever get a job knowing i can't use the forum

I'm out of work at the moment and find that i can easily waste most of the day on the forum, so i don't know HOW you lot with jobs manage to do it!!

[Simon r]

Easy work from home ......

[Donna]

Originally Posted by Simon r

Easy work from home ......

Now there's a thought......anybody got any typing for me to do and is able to pay me good money for it...I'll do it! Just don't ask me why it's never done on time!

[Rosie Posie]

HI Donna,

Its easy, I Always look really busy when my MD walks in, and minimise my screen im lucky as my MD doesn't use any of the computers at work, and lets me get on with it! Keep practicing looking innocent it will become very easy!!!!

Bye

[Donna]

Originally Posted by Rosie Posie

HI Donna,

Its easy, I Always look really busy when my MD walks in, and minimise my screen im lucky as my MD doesn't use any of the computers at work, and lets me get on with it! Keep practicing looking innocent it will become very easy!!!!

Bye

Sometimes they might walk past and see the 'e' sign at the bottom of the screen. However I look innocent all the time so no need to practice that!

[Dreadful Scathe]

Originally Posted by stewart38

I sit in a corner , but we are moving soon

but are you wearing a hat ?

[Dreadful Scathe]

I always have a lot of screens open and can procrastinate between them all

[David Bailey]

Originally Posted by WittyBird

Dont use the orange skin, use a light one maybe metallic blue. Oh and keep it minimised for the majority of the time

And block those telltale avatar images (User CP - Edit Options - show Avatars tickbox).

Also, having "forum tabs" in your Mozilla / Firefox browser means you can swap to work-y things without much mouse movement - clicking Alt+Tab looks a bit guilty. (Oh, and if you're using IE, well, you deserve to be caught )

Not that I've spent much time thinking about this.

[Lynn]

I have my own office (sounds grand but it isn't!) and I work pretty quickly. I find in jobs the faster you work - not taking breaks, multi-tasking etc, the more you are expected to do. So I make sure I pace myself work wise by looking on here every so often! I try not to let it affect my productivity and I always make work deadlines my priority. (No, really, I do, I don't like letting people down.)

And there are days when I am ahead on all my work and waiting for someone else to get back to me about something before I can proceed. And other times I sign off for work and stay in the office, if my boss comes in I tell him I have signed off but am staying for a while to use the computer. That's not always a good idea though because people still tend to think 'she's in the office anyway, I'll just ask her if she can do this...'